Our program offers nine-month M.A. assistantships that provide tuition reimbursement
as well as a $6,500 annual stipend and 12-month Ph.D. assistantships that provide
tuition reimbursement as well as a $14,000 annual stipend. In return, students on
assistantships provide service for the department. For example, recipients might provide
support for faculty research projects or teach one course per semester.

Assistantships are awarded competitively and are retained by students as long as they
remain in good standing (two years for M.A. students and four years for Ph.D. students).
For example, the recipient of a Ph.D. assistantship would remain in good standing
if that recipient were a full time student taking a full course load (or, later, working
full time on the dissertation) and earning satisfactory grades (As and/or Bs) in these
courses. In the fall of this recipient's first year, the student would take ECON 7010
(Macroeconomics I), ECON 7020 (Microeconomics I), ECON 7060 (Econometrics I), and
ECON 6105 (Advanced Mathematical Methods). Then, in the spring, the recipient would
take ECON 7030 (Macroeconomics II), ECON 7040 (Microeconomics II), ECON 7070 (Econometrics
II), and ECON 7660 (History of Economic Thought). Being a full-time student also presumes
that the student will not hold another position of employment.

Because assistantships are offered to our best applicants, we do not have a minimum
GPA or GRE score required for receipt (other than program admission minimums). The
application deadline to be considered for financial assistance is March 31.

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